"Wednesday night I speak in C---, Thursday, in R---, while she--" With an effort he pulled himself together.

"Miss--" "Saunders," I put in.
"Miss Saunders, I can not leave her alone in the house.

Some one must be there to guard and watch--" "Has she no mother ?" I suggested in the pause he made.
"She has no living relatives, and mine are uncongenial to her." This to save another question.

I understood him perfectly.
"I can not ask any of them to stay with her," he pursued decisively.
"She would not consent to it.

Nor can I ask any of her friends.